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> I worry that the Apple Watch will discover lots of short-duration AF or AF occurring in younger people with fewer risk factors. Given their lower risk of stro
by dev_dull 8y ago
> I worry that the Apple Watch will discover lots of short-duration AF or AF occurring in younger people with fewer risk factors. Given their lower risk of stroke, it’s unlikely that anticoagulant drugs will deliver similar benefits. But anticoagulants do increase the risk of bleeding.
This is completely grounded in science. And we should be weary of going to the doctor too often:
>Medical Errors Are Third Leading Cause of Death in the U.S.
1. https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-05-03/medical-errors-are-third-leading-cause-of-death-in-the-us https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-05-03/medical-erro...
- philwelch 8y agoThe vast majority of these fatal medical errors happen in the hospital, and healthy people don't often end up hospitalized. Much of the time, the alternative to hospitalization is going to be fatal anyway.